MINNESOTA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

Lobbying for MINNESOTA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2025

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 22, 2025

Expenses

$20,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

Minnesota

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

LOREN DAUER

Previously held: Director of Public Policy

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 4

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
White House Office

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 1

HR 240
Protect Local Farms Act

Lobbying activity 7

Agriculture

Farm Bill including Titles 1, 2, & 11 Proposition 12 - Pen Requirements Reinstate orphan organic programs in Farm Bill HPAI & H5N1 animal disease response funding support Funding pauses in conservation programs like CSP & EQUIP Staffing cuts & RIF orders to USDA

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Expanding visa programs including H2-A H.R. 240 - Protect Local Farms Act, preempt states from lowering overtime pay below 60 hours for foreign labor programs AEWR freeze

Environment/Superfund

Delisting the gray wolf from ESA

Energy/Nuclear

Emergency waiver for year-round E-15 Codify E-15 for year-round usage

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Reauthorization of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 Estate exemptions, business deductions, and stepped-up basis

Roads/Highway

Reauthorization of National Highway Trust Fund Increase truck weight limits Exemptions for drivers moving perishable products and livestock

Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)

President Trump's tariff policies with Canada and Mexico

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.